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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
6 oz. a day
3 cups
low albumin levels < 3.4
fats
2. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
apple is higher risk than a pear
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
starches - sugars - and cellulose
3. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
2.5 cups
low albumin levels < 3.4
5.5 ounces/day
3 cups
4. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
one tspn salt or less
300 cal/day increase
albumin levels
5. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
liver and intestinal synthesis
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
dairy and fortified foods
6. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
one week period
7. What type of people need extra protein?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
transferrin
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
fats
8. Fats can lead to some medical problems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
protein and fat
3 cups
hemorrhage
9. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
essential amino acids
2.5 cups
protein
10. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
transferrin
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
11. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
500 cal/day
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
carrots and sweet potatoes
one tspn salt or less
12. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
milk - enriched grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
B and C
13. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fat soluble vitamins
atrophy or wasting of muscle
14. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
protein and fat
TPN total parenteral nutrition
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
albumin levels
15. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
2 cups
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
albumin levels
hemorrhage
16. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
300 cal/day increase
dark green - orange - drybeans
4 calories/gram
17. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
essential amino acids
antioxidant - immune function
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
can consume more calories without weight gain
18. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
albumin levels
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
5.5 ounces/day
19. What foods have high quality protein?
albumin levels
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
liver and intestinal synthesis
20. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
starches - sugars - and cellulose
hemoglobin
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vitamin K
21. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
TPN total parenteral nutrition
18-25
hemorrhage
22. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
vitamin K
pregnant women or elderly
one tspn salt or less
23. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
3 cups
24. What function is vitamin A?
antioxidant - immune function
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
25. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
low albumin levels < 3.4
hemoglobin
rickets - osteomalacia
TPN total parenteral nutrition
26. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
hemorrhage
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
4 calories/gram
27. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
dark green - orange - drybeans
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vitamin K
6 oz. a day
28. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
hemorrhage
low albumin levels < 3.4
starches - sugars - and cellulose
29. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
diet recall
rickets - osteomalacia
30. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
transferrin
31. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
essential amino acids
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
5.5 ounces/day
32. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vitamin K
33. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
4 calories/gram
trans fatty acid
liver and intestinal synthesis
day week or month
34. The higher the BMR a client has --
300 cal/day increase
6 oz. a day
decrease in total lymphocyte count
can consume more calories without weight gain
35. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
hemorrhage
36. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
dairy and fortified foods
hemoglobin
B and C
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
37. What is normal BMI?
18-25
dietary approach to stop hypertension
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
can consume more calories without weight gain
38. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
low albumin levels < 3.4
milk - enriched grains
6 oz. a day
39. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
review of systems
carrots and sweet potatoes
40. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
4 calories/gram
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fat soluble vitamins
41. What function is vitamin D?
6 oz. a day
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
42. When does BMR increase?
review of systems
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
4 calories/gram
43. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
liver and intestinal synthesis
2 cups
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
trans fatty acid
44. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
45. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
one tspn salt or less
hemoglobin
46. Sources of fats
protein and fat
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
protein
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
47. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
fats
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
48. When does BMR decrease?
B and C
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
49. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
rickets - osteomalacia
50. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
can consume more calories without weight gain
hemoglobin
diet recall
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition